'<P align=justify>Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. (MPI) announced today that it will launch the super high gas barrier film X-BARRIER™ on July 1, 2008. X-BARRIER™ is a modified film based on Mitsubishi’s TECHBARRIER® technology that has been used in high performance food, medical, pharmaceutical and industrial packaging throughout the world since 1991.</P> <P align=justify>X-BARRIER™ is a transparent material and is metal-free. So contents are visible. Functions such as Gelbo-Flex durability, heat resistance, stability of gas barrier property under high temperature and high humidity, climate durability, chemical durability, anti-static electricity, electric insulation, heat resistance, flame resistance, high transparency, low contamination, etc., can be tailored to customer needs.</P> <P align=justify>The main advantage of X-BARRIER™ is its water vapor barrier. With a water vapor transmission rate of 10<SUP id=bwanpa32>-4</SUP> g/m<SUP id=bwanpa21>2</SUP>/day, this allows for flexible, roll-to-roll production of plastic electronics. This water vapor barrier property has little deterioration even under long-term high temperature / humidity conditions. In addition to the water vapor barrier, other gas barrier properties, such as for hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide, are also at a high level. </P> <P align=justify>X-BARRIER™ can be used as a packaging material in the medical, pharmaceutical and industrial fields, especially for products such as catheters, surgical sutures, contact lenses, tablets, capsules, liquid products for parenteral nutrition, dialysis and hematal treatment, which require not only oxygen barrier but also high water vapor barrier. X-BARRIER™ can also benefit industrial products requiring high water vapor barrier, i.e. packing material for humidity sensitive products like resin, amino-acid, chemicals, finished or semi-finished components of semiconductors, electric circuit FPD (flat panel display) and building material. Additionally, X-BARRIER™ will be highly effective for electronics applications, especially as an encapsulation material for electronic devices such as FPD, electric paper, organic EL and photovoltaic modules.</P>'

'<P align=justify>Linpac Packaging, part of Linpac Group, has opened its first production factory at Changzhou in Jiangsu province, about 150km from Shanghai in China.</P> <P align=justify>The 20,000 sq m facility has two extrusion lines for the large-scale production of PVC stretch wrap film for food packaging.</P> <P align=justify>Chief executive Mike Arrowsmith said: "The new Changzhou plant will allow us to accelerate our development in China and throughout the Asia Pacific area. Linpac's aim is to deliver the same high quality packaging materials and efficient service to our customers in Asia that we provide elsewhere in the world, while developing our regional customer base."</P> <P align=justify>Linpac Viscount, another LINPAC Group division has manufacturing operations for plastic pails and containers at Changzhou, Guangzhou and Langfang in China, as well as at locations in Malaysia and Thailand.</P>'

'<P align=justify>Sociedad Anónima Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa (SAICA), the corrugated packaging firm, annonced today that it will build a £250m recycled paper mill near Manchester. If the application gets approved the firm will create 200 jobs in the area.</P> <P align=justify>The plant will produce lightweight 100% recycled paper that will be used in corrugated packaging.</P> <P align=justify>A spokesman for the SAICA development said that the planning applicaition is due to be made next month.</P> <P align=justify>The Spanish outfit has alreday purchased 19 of SCA's UK and Ireland corrugated packaging operations.</P>'

'<P>ArcelorMittal has announced that ArcelorMittal will be the principal borrowing vehicle of the Group. Earlier in June 2007, ArcelorMittal announced&nbsp;ArcelorMittal Finance&nbsp;as&nbsp;the principal borrowing vehicle of the ArcelorMittal Group. Later,&nbsp;on 27 May 2008, ArcelorMittal completed the issuance of a US$ denominated issue of 5 year and 10 year bonds, governed by the US law and consisting of US$3,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount split equally between the 5 year and the 10 year issue. </P> <P>After&nbsp;this issuance,&nbsp;the company&nbsp;decided to have ArcelorMittal as&nbsp;the most appropriate borrowing vehicle of the Group and hence&nbsp;all future bonds are expected to be issued by ArcelorMittal, the ultimate holding company of the Group. Further, ArcelorMittal expects to transfer a substantial portion of the debt from ArcelorMittal Finance to ArcelorMittal. Bonds currently issued under the name of ArcelorMittal Finance are expected to remain outstanding until their final maturity date.</P>'

'<P align=justify>Logistics company Wincanton, which had announced on 9 May that it had approached the board of logistics firmTDG with an indicative cash offer of 281.25 pence per share, declared today that it will not make the offer for TDG. Wincanton walked away from TDG deal after carrying out more than a month of due diligence.</P>'

'<P>Neoform S.A, a leading producer of food packaging in Brazil, recently installed a Davis-Standard, LLC sheet system to support demand for the company's PET-based product line, including a new product by the trade name of Formplast, a decorative laminate for internal and external furniture surfaces. </P> <P>Neoform's founder and owner, Sergio Mendes Ribeiro mentioned,&nbsp; "This is our first Davis-Standard sheet line and we have been pleased with its performance. We chose Davis-Standard because of quality equipment and a good reputation. This system has been very effective at processing our varied range of PET-based products."</P> <P>The new system, extruders through winder, is the largest PET sheet system Davis-Standard has supplied in Brazil. Advantages include the XP Express roll stand, differential shaft winding for winding two webs on one shaft, and the capability to run non-dried, 100 percent post-consumer flake. The XP Express, which is primarily engineered to process PET but can also run PLA, PP and HIPS, offers the versatility to handle applications requiring lamination, protective film, solution coating, auxiliary cooling and embossing and thus is really beneficial for Neoform.</P> <P>"A few years ago, we saw a similar system at a Davis-Standard customer's plant. We knew with the addition of our Formplast product line that a system like this would be beneficial for our operation. This is our first Davis-Standard line and we would definitely consider purchasing another should our business require it." added Ribeiro.</P>'

'<P>Sonoco Package developed Sono-wrap® paperboard package for Premier Foods to launch its new Mr Kipling Cake Bites, available in three flavors—Strawberry &amp; Vanilla, Lemon and Caramel. Sonoco designed the unique, high-performance package specifically for two-high shelf retail display and to run efficiently through the customer’s new filling equipment. </P> <P>Sonoco’s Premier Foods account manager, Kieren France said, "...Premier Foods asked us for an innovative package for this new product. We developed and are producing a market differentiating flip-top single-wrap Sono-wrap package in a completely new size for this important customer.”</P> <P>Content with the service, Rachel Pirt, senior brand manager, Mr Kipling Innovation, Premier Foods observed, “We are delighted with Sonoco’s total packaging solution. Sonoco’s vibrant, flip-top Sono-wrap cans really help the Mr Kipling brand break through what consumers call ‘the wall of cake’ in stores. Mr Kipling Cake Bites will be supported by a £2.7m marketing campaign, that will include television, as part of £4.4m in Mr Kipling brand support during the summer.”</P> <P>The dimensions of the Mr Kipling Sono-wrap cans are 140 x 125.14 x 100 mm. The Cake Bites' ingredients and nutritional information are listed in the flexo-printed bases of the cans.</P>'

'<P align=justify>Orion Packaging Systems launched its new Flex RTD (Rotary Tower Deluxe) and Flex RTA (Rotary Tower Automatic) rotary tower stretch wrapping machines. The new Rotary Tower models, new in the Flex Series, deliver high performance and efficiency, and provide long lasting durability. Flex RTD and Flex RTA feature Orion's Insta-Thread film delivery system that has a prestretch rate of 260% which provides strong, cost effective unitizing with film savings. Film savings can be put as every one foot of rolled film becoming 3.6 feet of wrapped film on the load. </P> <P align=justify>The Rotary Flex models feature 16 RPM variable speed towers, structural steel construction, heavy duty chain and sprocket drive, and unlimited maximum load capacity. The new products are suitable for customers that need to unitize tall, heavy, fragile, or unstable loads, and for customers with limited floor space which do not use ramps and turntables. Speaking on the occassion, Mark Collins, Orion vice president of sales, "In designing our new rotary stretch wrappers, we maintained the durable, reliable construction and high performance film delivery that our customers expect from Orion while adding advanced features for usability and performance that deliver greater value and efficiency per load."</P>'

'<P align=justify>Cold Chain Technologies (CCT), a global supplier of temperature control packaging and thermal testing, announced the opening of its new plant in Reno, Nevada, major expansions of its Massachusetts and Tennessee plants, and doubling of its Massachusetts thermal testing facility. Speaking on the occassion, Larry Gordon, President of CCT, “We’ve made a major investment in expanding our facilities and establishing partnerships in direct response to our customer’s needs for local, on-time delivery and support. We’ve located our plants near pharmaceutical distribution centers and logistics providers.”</P> <P align=justify>CCT's physical expansion is backed up by well qualified, experienced personnel. Jeff Bernardi, Reno Plant Manager and his team will manufacture CCT products according to the same strict standards and quality control followed in Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Europe. San Francisco-based Jamie Chasteen, Cold Chain’s new West Coast Sales Engineer will support West Coast customers.</P> <P align=justify>CCT has partnerships with Foam Fabricators, a leading molded EPS foam manufacturers with locations across North America, and Topa Packaging, a European-based manufacturer and distributor of Cold Chain’s products. </P> <P align=justify>CCT’s Vice President, General Manager, Bob Bohne, articulates, “As always, our lean operation is focused on improving efficiency and service levels as we increase capacity in production and distribution. We recognize the impact of being close to our customer’s distribution network. As our business grows, we’re committed to expanding our presence even further in the U.S. and Europe.”</P>'

'<P align=justify>GBPI has introduced a new box compression tester (GBN1000Z) which is designed and manufactured as per the provision of GB/T16491. It conforms to the requirements of GB4857.4 transport packaging case pressure test, GB/T4857.16 transport packaging case stowage test and ISO2872 and ASTMD642 pressure tests. The box compression tester is applicable to carry out proof pressure, deformation and stowage tests for flexible packaging cases with corrugated cases, honeycomb crates, and other packaging cases.</P> <P align=justify><STRONG>Calibration</STRONG> is a compression testing machine which will apply a load at a constant speed and record the load-deflection of the sample. The test machine calibrates following the Methods of Verification of Testing by using pressure method (ASTM designation E4). Calibration can be customized according to customers requirement.</P> <P align=justify><STRONG>Auto reversal</STRONG> reverses to the initial position automatically after performing each test.</P> <P align=justify><STRONG>Load cell</STRONG>, the transducer is based on a strain gage load cell that distinguishes according to the way it detects weight. It has an integral button design.</P> <P align=justify>The box compression tester adopts a DC motor to drag the driving system to form the action of board-pressing through the screw rod. The high-precision force sensor can accurately reflect the loading conditions of the test pieces. Its microcomputer system acquires and handles the test parameters, and outputs and displays the test results.</P> <P align=justify>Following are the technical parameters of the box compression tester:</P> <P align=justify>Maximum load: 100KN [10t]<BR>Accuracy rating: Grade 1<BR>Effective force measurement range: 0.4%-100%<BR>Force measurement precision: Within ±0.5% of indicated value<BR>Test force resolution: ±120,000 codes without internal and external branching, and the resolution remains constant in the whole course.<BR>Effective testing space: 1,200mm*1,200mm*1,000mm<BR>Range of test speed: 0.01-200mm/min (step speed changing)<BR>Speed accuracy: within ±1% of the indicating value.<BR>Accuracy of displacement measurement: within ±1% of the indicating value. </P>'